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Show STAPLE FOOD FOR POULTRY Grain Will Be Uaed aa Long aa Fowlt Art Kept on Farma Hen Mutt Have Certain Varieties. drain la the staple food for poultry, will be uaed for that purpose aa long aa fowls are kept on farma; but beua cannot give good results on grain lone. It la beneficial to them, and will be at all times rellHhed, but tho demands of the ben are such aa to cull for a variety. In the shells of eggs, as well as their compotiltlon, are several forms of mineral mutter and nitrogen, which cun only bo purtlally obtained from grain. Even though grains carry In com-poaitlon com-poaitlon for a long time, bens will begin be-gin to refuse It, as they may be over-supplied over-supplied from other sources. For this reason they will accept a chnnge of food which Is of itself evidence that the bent results for bia bens can ouly be obtained from a variety of food. Corn and wheat may be uaed as food with advantage, but must be given as a portion of the ration only, and not made exclusive articles of diet. In grain the principle articles or elements ele-ments required to keep a hen In good laying condition are found, and it Is for this reason that your hens may continue to lay for some time If only given grain, provided they find tha other elements necessary while running run-ning around the farm. Hut the trouble trou-ble with this manner of feeding la that it la too uncertain. You are taking the chance of the hen finding the other elements required. re-quired. No hen baa ever luld an egg unless she baa taken Into her system elements from the vegetable, animal and mineral kingdoms. Grain can represent re-present the vegetable kingdom, bugs or Insects, the animal, and grit or oyster shell, tbe mineral. It Is absolutely abso-lutely necessary that every ben partake par-take of these elements before suo can produce a single egg. |
